At the recent Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors meeting, funding for two capital projects at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was approved.
The university will receive $2.5 million as part of the state system capital allocations budget. $2 million will be used for design of the academic building renovation for the health sciences cluster and proposed college of osteopathic medicine. The proposed health cluster is expected to provide a new modern medical educational facility that will support and house the osteopathic medicine school and related IUP health science programs.
The remaining $500,000 will be used for construction costs for the Academy of Culinary Arts academic building replacement project. This will help build a new 45,000 square foot educational and commercial multi-purpose facility in downtown Punxsutawney, including demolition of properties gifted to IUP that were adjacent to the Fairman Centre.
In a statement, IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll called the projects important to IUP’s future and will build on the university’s “leadership and commitment to initiatives addressing the critical shortage of health care in health and wellness of the region and our strengths in culinary and hospitality.”
